WTF happened to Victory records? Actually to be fair they have mostly always peddled shite, I think I just give them too much credit for Tell All Your Friends. Oh god this has made me remember this utter dirge:

Used to be proper hXc, then had a bit of success with Thursday and TBS, then massively jumped on the 'emo' bandwagon signing anything with makeup and fringes, and now seem, to use your summary, 'peddle shite'

And the Gregest...just fuckin BRILLIANT!!! So bad its not only funny, but actually made me happy! Sounds like what I imagine Michal Scott (from The Office: An American Workplace) would sound like if he had a musical project. Awesome!!! I just loved it!

The worst kind of music, which I'd personally class as "unbelievably bad" is when it's professional and well-made, but you can see it's tuneless, mediocre and boring. I think the sleekness and professionalism of a recording (and even of the artists themselves) can highlight the lack of ideas and tunes, and when the band is actually successful, it only adds insult to injury.

None of the links above made me feel like cutting my ears off as much as listening to The Vaccines on Jools Holland Hootenany, for instance. I think THEY are unbelievably bad.

Other unbelievably bad music can be found on bands from a label such as Deltasonic. Apart from the Coral, the bands they've released are simply awful:

The weird mix of a wizard quest style video mashed up with a Katy Perry love story, topped off with a bloke who can't sing and some completely over the top emo stylings. The track itself, whilst not being completely unlistenable, still definitely made me angry. I have somehow managed to avoid the Vaccines, probably because I never ever listen to the radio. May well have heard them without knowing it though I guess. Stuff like Rihanna and Adele piss me off in the vein you've described above about being a 'polished turd' but that's a different argument...

(1977 starts tomorrow!) know at least half a dozen songs that leave everything above comfortably in the dust. For instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1oPGgP0GBY (**SPOILER**: he didn't actually become "the face of '77")